Saudi Arabia has decided to allow entry to foreign travellers fully vaccinated with either Sinopharm or Sinovac vaccines to receive a booster shot of either of the four vaccines approved by the Kingdom.
According to the new guidelines on the portal, “Guests who have completed two doses of the Sinopharm or Sinovac vaccines will be accepted if they have received an additional dose of one of the four vaccines approved in the Kingdom.”
Added to that portal further says, “All visitors arriving in the country with a valid tourism visa must provide evidence of a full course of one the four vaccines currently recognised: two doses of the Oxford/Astra Zeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccines or a single dose of the vaccine produced by Johnson and Johnson.”
Last week, Saudi Arabia announced that it was reopening its borders to fully vaccinated foreign tourists after a 17-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
However, Riyadh had not announced any lifting of restrictions on Umrah, which usually attracts millions of Muslims from across the globe each year at the time.
